Day 8: Tuesday

Day 8: Tuesday

Today we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We both loved this museum! We started our visit by visiting the roof sculpture that you could climb in and walk around. It is made of Plexiglas and reflective metal and mesh stairs. Only a few people can be in at any time.  Everyone was talking about how disorienting it was when you were inside. With the reflective metal reflecting the opposite view through the plexiglass or the open parts, you never knew if you were going to step into a room or walk into a wall! It was fun. 

And the view of Central Park from the roof top was the one view that says NYC! The great rectangular park of green bordered by all these huge mason, concrete, and glass buildings! Here is the view from the roof with Michelle in the picture.

The museum had art of all types from all over the world; every continent except Antarctica was represented! It had art from many thousands of years old to recent art. They had photographs, sculptures, musical instruments, fetishes, costumes, carvings, etc. Michelle taught me a lot about American artists such as Jackson Pollock and we both argued over what art was good and which was bad. We both quickly realized that Polynesian art is skewed toward boyhood changing into manhood and we both were a little surprised by how “overly-endowed” the male wood sculptures were. We then went a few blocks north and I went to the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art. I wanted to go there because of the architecture; you often see this museum in movies made in NYC. 

This was another interesting museum both architecturally and content wise. For some reason, no photography at all was allowed except from the bottom floor. We then feasted on some of the best gelato ever made.

 It was so good that we had to go back for seconds! Being mid-afternoon, we decided to hunt down the “LOVE” sculpture in NYC. 

We found it! Look between the V and E and you'll see a fruit stand vendor with lots of fresh fruit, most a lot cheaper and fresher looking than you can buy from Kroger! We then decided to visit the “free” Sony Technology Imagination and Creativity Center. It was cool with lots of emphasis on technology used in movies, robotics, games, etc. Afterwards we stopped by The Halal Guys again for supper. It was just as good as the first time around and only $6 for a meal plus leftovers! We turned in early today getting back before dark.